Grubbs said police believe Duffin was driving with her husband, James Saylor Herring, 34, of Fort Smith, in the area of Wheeler and South Ninth streets when her husband stabbed her with a lock-blade knife.

After being stabbed, Duffin crashed the car into a utility pole at South Ninth and B streets, Grubbs said. Duffin walked across the Courthouse lawn and into the police department for help.

Grubbs said Duffin was between 27 and 28 weeks pregnant. Doctors delivered the baby, but the child only survived a few hours and died just before 5 p.m.

Grubbs said the baby was a boy and was to be named Keagan Wayne Herring.

Herring and Duffin had only been married for about a week, Grubbs said. Court records show the couple applied for a marriage license on May 9.

Herring is in police custody and was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder, but the charges may change since the baby has also died, police said.

According to court documents, Herring told police "That by stabbing [Duffin] he was protecting her. He intended to kill her to protect her." Police said Herring also wished to kill Duffin's unborn child to protect it.

Neighbors said Duffin seemed like a good person.

"I talked to [Herring] a few times, but I never really got to know him at all. [Duffin] seemed happy," said neighbor Jerry Barnett. "She was a sweetheart. You know, she lived here for a year and a half or so, beautiful baby boy. Very nice. It's just very disheartening, you know. It's sad."

Barnett said he has been flipping and restoring old houses along the block, and he spoke with Duffin during his work.

"She asked me to do some remolding and design work for her," he said. "I told her I'd be happy to do that whenever she got a chance, and we were going to meet up again and do something. I guess that's not going to happen."

Police said they responded to a domestic violence call at the couple's home in January.

One of the police officers wrote the following in their report on the incident:

"I noticed her bottom lip was split, and she had a scratch, or small cut, to the right side of her face going from her eye toward the side of her head. Her entire face appeared red and slightly swollen. She advised that Mr. Herring had struck her in the face just prior to her calling the police. She said he had also placed his hands on the back of her head, and the other on her chin, and twisted her head while holding her on the floor. She told me she was afraid he was going to break her neck."

Herring served 10 days in jail for the domestic battery charge.

Court documents show that Herring is the father of two other children with a previous wife. He divorced his wife of more than three years in May 2002.

Police said they were called to that couple's home in 2002 after they were separated. According to a police report, Herring showed up at the woman's home in Greenwood and stole jewelry. According to police, she said she just wanted Herring to leave her alone.

Herring was ordered by a judge to be taken into custody for a mental evaluation in 2009. A medical report stated that he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had refused to take his medication. The report indicated that Herring "believed he will be cured."

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